Luc Mbah a Moute on Houston's shooters: 'These guys don't miss'

Luc Mbah a Moute is transitioning to the Houston Rockets after spending the last two seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers. The primary reason Mbah a Moute was brought to Houston is to provide great defense.

So far in training camp, he’s been blown away by his new teammates’ scoring abilities. And as a defender, playing against the Rockets’ dominant offense in practice each day certainly prepares you for the season.

“It’s fun, man; I’ve been on good teams, but this is a really, really good team offensively,” he said. “Sometimes, it seems like these guys don’t miss. Sometimes, as a defender, when you’re playing defense with these guys it’s just like, ‘Those guys are so good!’

“But it makes us better defensively. If we can stop our offense, which is pretty good, hopefully defensively it happen.”

Mbah a Moute was a value signing, as his $2.2 million deal is one of the better bargain contracts in the NBA. He’s turned himself into a very underrated three-and-D guy as he can guard both forward slots and shoots a very high clip from distance. Mbah a Moute and fellow free agent addition P.J. Tucker will give Houston more defensive depth and versatility than they’ve had in recent years.

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